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4 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
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6 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
8 package org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema;
10 import java.util.Collection;
11 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.YangInstanceIdentifier.PathArgument;
14 * Abstract node which does not have value but contains valid {@link DataContainerChild} nodes.
15 * Schema of this node is described by instance of {@link org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.DataNodeContainer}.
18 * <h2>Implementation notes</h2>
19 * This interface should not be implemented directly, but rather implementing one of it's subclasses
21 * <li>{@link ContainerNode}
22 * <li>{@link MapEntryNode}
23 * <li>{@link UnkeyedListEntryNode}
24 * <li>{@link ChoiceNode}
25 * <li>{@link AugmentationNode}
28 * @param <K> {@link PathArgument} which identifies instance of {@link DataContainerNode}
30 public interface DataContainerNode<K extends PathArgument> extends
31 NormalizedNodeContainer<K, PathArgument, DataContainerChild<? extends PathArgument, ?>> {
33 * Returns iteration of all child nodes.
34 * Order of returned child nodes may be defined by subinterfaces.
37 * <b>Implementation Notes:</b>
38 * All nodes returned in this iterable, MUST also be accessible via
39 * {@link #getChild(PathArgument)} using their associated identifier.
41 * @return Iteration of all child nodes
44 Collection<DataContainerChild<? extends PathArgument, ?>> getValue();